The story of Kathleen Ferrier

Title

The story of Kathleen Ferrier

Genre

Feature

TX Date

7 Feb 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:50:47

Description

The life and career of opera singer Kathleen Ferrier, with several excerpts of opera sung by her including What is Life, Oratorio Elijah and Mahler’s Song of the Earth. Interviews with schoolfriends and her cousin, a colleague from the Post Office, her sister Winifred Ferrier and Benjamin Britten. Includes her experience of and death from breast cancer. Male presenter not identified.

Contributors

Benjamin Britten; Winifred Ferrier

Keywords

Deaths; Opera; Cancer; Opera singers; Musical performances; Breast cancer; Kathleen Ferrier

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